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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-02-02

laovxskcs,RiS rinRtR ths Pioneer
'lssss: Reading doesn't teach peoplel
The average politician cant realize
Tint Dakota has nearly 8 800 School
houses md employs over 5000 teach
ess TINT she has costly public
buildings that would put TO shame
those ~ many ofthe states. II sonle
XII these statesmen at Washington
could ride through the busting
streets of Huron, Mitchell, Aberdeen
WAteftown, Grand Forks, o. Fargo /:
II they could survey the palaces Of
trnle that line the thoronghfares Of
Sioux Falls If they could look At
the elegant private residences at
Yankton and the large and costly
asylum for the insane erected there;
or SEE the colleges at Nermillion,
Brookings, Madison, and the elegant
buildings Of the Territory that look
down on the beautiful city Of James
town finally If they could go to
that place where they imagine the
sun sets, and see Rapid City and
Deadwood, two cities which transact
more business daily than lots cf
Eastern towns Of 10000 do in a
month, they would realize family
Just how ridiculous it is to have the
tail Of this Nation waggipg tic dog
as it has been doing for the last three
yenrs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-02-02

Illustrating Tic Wit, Humor, and &oeenirieitios
~ogsoTgp CIR EBRiriEs. A sieaLr ,i1le rRA.EpiTeat
Of inner Society History, ffom ''ye osGen tire"
10 the wedding Of Cleveland. Wo@D bfcILY
POPULAR. Agents report RAPID shIEs. address
for circulars and !srni-. A. T.. BANCROFT Co.
Publishers, san Francisco, Cal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-02-02

The Lansing Mich Republican,
pnte II rs falloMs. concerning their
Sulolas now III session, which might
be mule applicable 70 our Legisla-
t1re The tnelancholly days have
nome, the saddest Of the year, when
lqbbyiasg politicians work their
standard racket here ; the members
dodge them skillhllly, but cannot al
ways make II, so stand about IN
drauglty halls and smile, and shake
and lake it. The man who has 4
nlania for abolisbing in general /;
M woman ofthe pious turn, whose
wislies are perennial tile chip who
urges, be who tights, the sweet young
thing who coaxes, are classcd BY
rtn~tesinen, one and all, as most 81
nantic hoaxes.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-02-02

$X&3rTSN1H+
An amendment TO the Divorce
laws of Dakota has been introduced
ny MI. Smith providing that n
liy0see must not be granted unless
the plaintiff has III good faith been
i resident III the Territory for one
year next preceding the commence
maent of actions' The law as it now
stands pr,syides that q person who
hns been . resident Of the Territory
a,irsty days may sue fora divorce
aud thousands, we may. say, after
loitering tIaree months in the Terri
tpsy have secured 4 divorce q great
m5xny IN doubt without the k,.owl-
1flee ~ their former partners, and
rttnrs, III their native states without
hi any senss 81 The word becoming
citizens of Dakota. We have long
enough served As sn asylum for the
Dissatisfied husband and Mife who
Ifass MT Aitlier tho patience Of NOR
~ courage % make their application
u home where the parties and the
circumstances are known md can be
|de1H with Justly and fairly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08

the FIVE parishes of St. Mary, ST.
Martin, Lafayette, Vermilion and
iberia, which are;,properly speaking,
the Artakapas parishes. The parish
Of St. Landry remained undivided
until 1910, when Calcasieu was
formed out cf it, extending from the
Eez Pi2ue to the Sabine. St.
Landry and Calcasieu r now the
representatives Of tie old country
OF Opelousas. We append the fol-
lowing beautiful. description Of st.
Landry and Calcasieu, from Mr.. II.
IL. BrackeEridge's Views Of Louis
lana y:
The immense tr0et CT open
plains or meadows, which composes
the Opclousas. boasts Of advantages
superior to all the. riches Of the
Teche or the Mississippi, in the
salubrity of its air and the beauty
Of its surface. Free from stagnant
waters, with the exception Of few
ponds in the prairies, the atmos-
pherc is not poisoned by noxious
vapours, and open to tie breezes
from the gulf, it enjoys a cool and
refreshing temperature, while the
rest Of the State is suffering from the
effects of q close and sultry air.
Without fear Of contradiction, /
may pronounce the Opelonsas to be
by far the most healthy part OF the
State. No hing can be more bean.
tiful and cheering to the traveller
than the prospects and views which
this country affords. There is
nothing wild or savage, yet the
scenery is not tame Or monotonous;
there is a sufficient variety and
succession of these scenes. which
sootIi the mind, or Inspire with live.
ly and pleasing emotions. | passed
through them last May whca they
appeared to great advantage. The
distance of my journey was forgot
ten while I gazed with delight
upon the waving surface of these
meadows, now covered With deep
green, and of extent, in some places
bounded oaly by the horizon, in
others by skirts Of wood dimly
appearing as in some distant isle of
the sea; while a thousand brilliant
and od%eriferous flowers shed their
perfume upon the air. The p'anta-
tons scattered along the water
courses on the outside OF the fringe
of wood. the vast herds Of cattle
roaming at random over the plains,
complete the pleasing picture.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08

About thirty miles west OF
Topeka, Kan, between FIVE and Fix
hundred coal miDers are on a strike
for enc cent per bushel advance.
Their condition is terrible. They
have had but little work this
sum In a circular they say;
1--WE may as well starve in utter
ildeness as to work and %starve."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
Catarrh is Not a. Blood Disease.

No matter what parts it may finally effect, ~
tarrh always starts in the head, and belongs to the
dreadful disease. 1t begins in a neglected cold.
One of the kind that is |ssure to be better in a few
days" Thousands Of victims know how 1t is by
sad experience. Ely's Cream Balm cures colds in
the head and catasrA IL al its STAGES. -
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
THE ALLEY EXCHANGE,
j. @. LEGE, Proprietor

ABBEVILLE, LA.
Always keep on hand the Best and
Finest Liquors and Cigars in the country.
Fancy drinks of all kinds can be had.
Beer and Ale fresh from the city,
BILLIARD & PIGEON-HoLE TABLES.
Give a call as you are passing.
Oct nc SO SIN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
What is Home without 4 Mother?

What is Home without q Mother?
And vet how many of us have
unhealthy mothers, wives. sisters aud
daughters. If they would only use
Creole Female Tonic all the Ills to
which womankind are I,eirs would
vanish like mist beneath a MONDAY
sun. This inestimable remedy is an
infallible cure for weakness, nerv-
BUSINESS, monthly irregularities. pain
full menstruation and all female com
plants. For sale 10y N. G Young,
Druggist. Abbeville, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
Gpberille nsridional
OpelOm>as and Ilfnlaapas.

To persons unlnfOrmed by actu5!
observation. less seems to be known
OF the geography of Cpelousas and
~attatapss, than of any other por-
lion of Louisiana, although this
beautiful region was settled during
The last centurr. Notwithstanding
the subdivision Of these old counties,
tney ire still recognized by their
original nance. Opelousas vas the
Indian term for dirk Ddtes-, and vas
probably given to this country by
its primitive discoveries, owing to
thc striking contrast which they
perceived, in their migration south
ward. between the dark earth and
Tater of Opelousas, and the Red
River country through which they
had passed. The word Attakapas
was the Indan expression for man
eater i; but We have no reason to
believe that the predecessors Of the
white settlers in that beautiful
country were practical canniba}s,
although several old French travellers
record such a tradition. These two
old counties, although they are now
sometimes COMPOUNDED, have always
been designated and recognized as
.sepcratc and distinct, each having
features and peculiarities Of its own.
The original French settlers, fresh
from European scenes, owing their
attractions to the blended in
fucnces of nature and art, found
. something peculiarly fascinating in
the balmy air and genial soil of
.Attakapas, in its green islands ris-
ing high above the marshes, and
above all, in those venerable groves
Of evergreen oaks, covering the
gentle slopes of the Teche, and
spreading their moss.hupg boughs
far over the streams. They found
at Opelousas some of the same
features, but varied by other pecnli,
arities. The country here spread
out into vast natural meadows and
forests, intersected by occasional
running streams, dotted with ronnd
ponds of fresh water, and famed
by breezes borne over vast
savannas, fresh from the Gulf.
A%ttakapas was more confined to the
borders of the Techc; it was a
narrower region. watered through
its entire lcnght by this beautiful
stream flowing gently in the shad.
ow of its venerable cvcrgrccns.
O~pelousas extended over a wider
area, with its great forests in the
east, and its immense prairies in the
west, extending from the AtcIlafa-
On one side, to the Sabine ON
the other. 1t was more undulating
in its surface, and higher above the
level Of the sea. The general re-
Of the two regions in
respects, and their distinguish.
ing characteristics in Others, have
universally attracted tie admiration
Of the traveller; but which to prefer
depended upon the taste, the cap
rice, or the wants OF the observer.
But We are betraying ourselves
into a description more lengthy than
we intended to give, our leading
being to furnish a brief
historical notice Of the establish
ment and subsequent subdivisions
Of these two countries.
The counties Of Attakapas and
Opelonsas were established by the
Spanish government, and the old
Spanish grants of land, of the
last century, reFer to them Nv theirl
nnnlla1innr L. IL
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
-
WHAT IS IT?

BY a SPECIAL arrangement WIN
the publishers of Farm and fIreslo'
wecan for a short time offer q heo
gift in connection with our paper. =
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The price Of Peck's Sun one year
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The price of Farm e. Fires'd Op'
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The value of the Engraving IS ~
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We give all the above, Fos y.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
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for all the tine, or spare time ocly, to
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08
Official DIRECTORY.

Official Directory.
District Judge.
CONRAD DEBA1LLos.
District Attorney.
ROBERT G. SunDrs.
Clerk of District Court,
LAsTIE BRoUssAsn.
Representative.
RoEER1. P. o'BRrAs.
Sheriff d Tax Collector,
JOSEPH S. NusEz,
DE-. ". D. WHITE.
Police Jury.
IT. HoFFPAu1R, President.
N. l.. ELDEEDGE, il. RRoussApn
Root. GREEN, L. j. MoRc.r
II. Fl. BARTELs J. 4. LEBLIre
Clerk of Police Jury,
LYMAN c. LYONS.
EaIlSl treasurer,
ELIJAH WISE.
Town Council.
J. j. ABADIE, Mayor.
Il. d. MILLS, J: D. BgAuxs
s. WISE. n. G.. Yourc
Constable.
GHoRen Q. LYONS.
Justice Of the Peace, 80. Ward.
L.. g.. LYoNs. 6. LABAuyr
Surveyors,
". W. EDWARDS, e. LoNTAGS,.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08

EAEFNgA Send six cents Tor
postage, and receive
E free Il costly box of
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08

- A particle of the Balm is applied into each n~ostril,
is agreeable to use and is quickly absorbed, effect
nally cleansing the nasal passages OF catarrhal virus,
causing healthy secretions. ,
1t allays pain and Inflammation, protects the men,
branal Innings of the head from additional colds,
completely heals the sores and restores the sense
OF taste and smell. Beneficial results are realized
by q few applications.
A thorough treatment ,riN cure.
Price so cents at druggists; by mail, registered,
% cents. Circulars sent free.
-, ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, n. Y. /
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-08

The Abbeville MERIDIoNAL and
he New Orleans. WEEKLY Plea
YuNE will be clubbcd together for
So a year, payable Invariably in ad-
vance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09
A Big Flight Of Ducks.

from the savannah News, Dec. D.
Ward Allen, the duck hunter, was in town yes
terday after long hunt He reports the largest
flight OF ducks that he has ever known They are
flying by thousands In small focks and large fOcks
and the hunter is In his glory. During the past
eight days he has killed seven hundred ducks. On
Saturday afternoon he brought up one hundred
and nifty, the result OF his days work, and he went
out Saturday night and shot forty by moonlight
Ducks have been so plentiful that the market has
been Overstocked, and Allen Is now taking a rest
until some OF them have been eaten up The ducks
that are now flying are broad bills (raft ducks)
which are exceedingly plentiful, teal and mallard
ducks. Allen has Killed five or six pairs OF canvas
backs and about an equal number OF red heads but
yet. The next good northeastern will probably bring
down large numbers OF hard heads, and the can
vas backs Will come with them. Then the
hunter will have TO work. Canvas-back ducks
bring the best ices, and, like all good things,
they are hard TO get When the hard heads come
teur hunters go out for sport. They make the
hard heads wild, and that takes many dollar out
OF the professionals pocket, for they fly with the
canvas-0ack, and no matter how good blind
boat may have they ara easily scared and fly,
and they take the canvas-back with them. Allen
backs just because there Is o hard head In the
flock, but when he does he follows the flock until
he kills the hard head, and then he stamps ON
him. Another trouble with which hunter has to
contend is experienced ducks. In a large mock
there are more than apt to be three or four old
ducks that have been shot at before, and they are
wary and always on the lookout for DANGER Unless
the hunters blind Is perfect, and he approaches
the flock with the greatest skill these old ones who
have "smelt gunpowder before" will discover his
chances are not so great, and, as a rule small
fiOckS nav better than big ones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09
The Fair.Trade Movement.

LORD HARRINGTON DENOUNCES 1T, WHILE Mr.. How
ARD VINCENT SAYS THE TORIES FAVOR 1T.
At the liberal union conference at Westminster
Hall, London, yesterday, Lord Harrington, replying
to vote OF confidence, denied that the unionists
had deserted liberal principles which, he said did
not belong to one man or one party. II they had
agreed to MIR. Gladstone's hOme-rule scheme they
would have falsifed the pledges they had made be-
fore the general election. Lord Harrington con-
tinued: I'VE were told that the mode OF operation
In Ireland had been changed owing to the sympa-
thy OF Englishmen. But we did not see such a
great change. Boycotting, intimidation, resist
tinue, with the open support Of portion and the
liberation OF all the English home rulers. sRemem.
Der Michelstown' has been flung forth TO animate
the passions OF her people in their struggle against
the law. Every method OF open resistance, short
OF rebellion, has been resOrted to with the tacit
The unlonistS had q satisfactory understanding
with the conservatives and would continue TO act
with them"
Referring to the fair-tra movement Lord Hart
ingtOn said It was not possible to speak in too
strong terms OF those who smoke OF returning to a
leaders would weigh well the consequences before
they gave their Succor and support to a policy
which would lead to the disruption of the unonist
party. Those who advocated fair trade must be
responsible for the consequences. Lord Harting-
tons remarks were warmly applauded.
meeting TO advocate fair trade was held in st.
James Hall, London, yesterday. Mr.. howard
Vincent, conservative member OF parliament as
serted that majority OF the conservative party
favored lair trade as necessity, in order to find
employment for the increasing population. He
said that other nations used fair trade to the dis
advantage OF England Resoluti ons were adopted
favorfng moderate import duties and urging mod
lncatlOn OF the free-trade policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09

From the Philadelphia North American, December g.
Bernard Farren, man with q nerce-lookinR
moustache yesterday pleaded guilty before Judge
Allison to charge Of malicious mischief, the COM
plainant being his wife. Mary Farren resident OF
Alaska street. 1t appeared that one evening
recently Bernard came home drunk, assaulted his
the wife claimed, belonged to her. at may be-
hard" said the judge, "where a woman has q
drunken, worthless husband, that he cannot be
that the earnings Of the wife belong to the nus
band, and he therefore cannot be convicted OF
maltciOusly breaking that which is his. He could.
however, be indicted for assault and battery upon
the wife. This bill had better be held and another
one prepared against the defendant for assault
and battery"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09

DIST Episcopal Church Conference, representing
the largest religious body In South Carolina before
adjournment passed resolutions: 'sThat an attend
OF amateur dramatic or impersOnattng exhibition
Is inconsistent with the Obligation Of o Christian
M0iessi0n 70 renounce the world, the nesh and the
IN our conielence 70 prove their Loyalty TO pure
ana Spiritual religion ~ discouragtng In every
countenance and discourage resort TO uuestiOn.
soie modes OF raising mon6y for church purposes
ny other mesna than An appeal 70 the sense or re.
throwing Of dice attendance on balls and horse.
racing Is prohibited By the rules Of our church,
they my be found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09
Ostrich Feather BOas.

from q Paris LIEUT..
The new ostrich feather boas are sort OF rage
among the few who can get them. Partisan
grande dame discovered them in an obscure shop
In Paris before any one had begun to wear them;
she Immediately bought ten, and gave away nine
TO her friends, on condition that they all wore
them to the theater the same evening, and So
started new fashion in single night She kept
a beautiful white one for herself, and was SO
pleased with l pretty effect that she Is having
an evening dress made with one arranged on the
bodice and the train all trimm d with ieathering
Nothing can be more becoming than one OF these
exqulsitely soft, light boas passed once or twice
round the throat; IL Will now be the most correct
thing TO wear one TO the theater or the opera and
keep IL on; IL is not thrown aside with the opera
cloak,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09
A spinster~' Insurance COMPANY.

There Is Spinsters' Insurance Company in
Schleswtg, which gives shelter, board, and pin.
money to the single lady members OF well-to-do
families. At the birth OF girl the father enters
the girls name in the books Of the company and
pays certain sum every year. II, when his
daughter reaches her twenty fourth year. she IS
still unmarried she is entitled to certain income
and TO a couple OF furnished rooms in q house be.
longing to the company. The house Is handsome
one, With q fine garden attached to t. IN the
father dies before his daughter attains her
fourth year, the girl enjoys the same privileges.
In case she dies or marres all her rights are Tor.
feited, and the money paid In reverts to the com
pany. These chances enable the company 10
make the provision named, while parents have
daughters TO be secured In case OF the death OF
their natural providers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09
RAILROADS.
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York 20 Atlanta in connection With Pullman sleepers
Atlanta 70 New Orleans. and Mann Boudoir elcepers
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09
BOycOtting a POs,mlaster.

Theodore and Arthur Demond, two brothers. of
West Springfield, Mass, were before United States
Commissioner Hallett in Boston Wednesday on a
charge OF handling United states mails after they
had been removed from the postmastership. 1t
was alleged that the Demond brothers Joined in
an attempt to boycott Postmaster Leonard a new
appointee. Theodore DemOnd keeps the principal
village store, and while he was postmaster the
office was located there. Half the town petitioned
for the retention OF Demond In ofce, but Leonards
petition bore the names OF Gen P. A. Collins and
the mayor OF Holyoke, ana their influence
outweighed the force OF numbers Leon
ard secured the appointment and moved the
ONCE TO private house, although DemOnd offered
him the use OF a corner OF his store for the pur-
pose. Then there was popular uprising. Nearly
all the boxholders signed paper directing the
new postmaster to deliver their mail to Mr. De-
mond, who continued TO keep an unofficial post
office at his store People having letters to mail con-
tinued to leave them at the same place. the under
standing being that Mr.. DemOnd would send them
promptly across the river TO be deposited In the
Springfield post-0f1ce The aim was to reduce the
new postmaSters compensation to about one-half
OF the rate which prevailed before he took the
office. Very naturally he did not like this and he
asked the Post-Ofice Department to ind some way
70 deliver him from his enemies The brothers
Demond were held In $500 each for the United
States Circuit Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-09

NINE PERSONS KILLED WITH ONE AXE-Tom
Voolfolk, who is charged with the murder of his
father and eight other members of his family Is
now on trial in Macon, Ca over one hundred WIT
nesses have been supGnaed and four have testified
The crime was committed last August and created
sensation because nine persons were killed and
all with one axe The witnesses are those with
whom voolfolk conyersed before the crime and
those who found the bodies the next morning.
ing testimony has been elected 80 far. Tine
prisoner is represented by John G. Rutherford, Of
is one Of great interest," and Is attended by larSe
crowd. p = ~ ~